Penseive, Slytherin, Lily's Parents and Time Travel

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 108697

>Kneasy, responding to the idea of a 'cover memory': 
> Yes, he did. (This was in response to post 80835 on Snape's 
memories.)
> The answer I gave then still applies :
> 
> "In addition the contents of the Penseive 'swirl'. How does one 
stay on 
> top to ensure certain disclosure of a specific memory?
> 
> Harry 'immerses' himself in the Pensieve, a bit more than skimming
> the surface. No, I think which memory is accessed is a random 
event."

Jen: How do we know it looks like a random swirl to the person using 
the pensieve? We only know what Harry saw, not the user. Perhaps one 
of the safety features of the pensieve is that the memories only 
appear to be silvery swirls to another person looking into (not 
immersing in) the pensieve. Perhaps DD and Snape see an ordered set 
of memories in some form or another. DD certainly seems able to prod 
the bowl in such a way to produce exactly the memory he's looking 
for. If the memories are a random mass, and the user can't see the 
memory in some way or another, they would have to search a little 
for a specific memory.